Further to my blog yesterday on the Health Services Appeal and Review Board (HSARB), I’d like to discuss the process of appealing a decision rendered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP).
The OHIP pays for certain health care services for eligible insured persons. OHIP administratively decides whether you are eligible and whether the health services [...]

Yesterday I wrote a blog regarding the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (HPARB). Today I’d like to discuss another Tribunal which is similarly named but concerns different aspects of the health care system in Ontario: the Health Services Appeal and Review Board (HSARB).
The HSARB is established under the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care [...]

The Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (HPARB) is an administrative tribunal established under the provincial legislation Regulated Health Profession Act,* 1991, and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Appeal and Review Boards Act, 1998.^ It has jurisdiction to conduct complaint and registration reviews and hearings. Self-regulated health professions in Ontario are subject to [...]

Recently a freighter loaded with Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka docked on the B.C. coast and stirred up controversies across the nation. More ships are on the way.
Whether the claimants will be granted refugee status will be determined by our established system - I hope the claimants will be dealt with fairly. Nonetheless, many fear [...]

A week after my blog on the “eco fee” in Ontario (see “Ontario’s ‘Eco Fee’ Woes,” July 13, 2010), the Ontario government announced yesterday  that the “eco fees” are coming to a halt.
The day before the Environment Minister’s announcement, retail giant Canadian Tire declared that it would stop charging the eco fees on some 8,700 [...]